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Recent work by our members

#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.

Buehler: On Malaria Time

Buehler: On Malaria Time

Patients with malaria have symptoms that cycle, writes Jake Buehler for ScienceNews. But the regular return of fever and chills every 24 to 72 hours is not dictated by the internal clock of the human host. Jake reports that the unicellular Plasmodium parasites seem to...

McGrayne: Dr. Colwell Tells Her Story

McGrayne: Dr. Colwell Tells Her Story

Sharon Bertsch McGrayne’s new book, A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science, co-authored with Dr. Rita Colwell, is available now. Dr. Colwell, a University of Washington graduate, is the former director of the National Science...

James: COVID and Kids

James: COVID and Kids

From Seattle’s Odessa Brown clinic, Sally James reports on children’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the South Seattle Emerald (@SoSeattleEmerald), Sally talks with pediatrician Dr. Ben Danielson about how he helps children and families deal with...

Arnold: Water and Power

Arnold: Water and Power

An irrigation system in Pakistan, Catherine Arnold writes, covers 36,000 miles plus 994,000 miles of farm and field ditches. Yet many farmers don’t receive their share of water. Writing for the University of Utah Water Center (@uWaterCenter), Catherine tells of a...

Olson: Our Backyard Plutonium Factory

Olson: Our Backyard Plutonium Factory

Steve Olson’s book The Apocalypse Factor: Plutonium and the Making of the Atomic Age is ready to order now. Steve grew up in eastern Washington near Hanford and tells how the site became the location for manufacturing plutonium for the 1945 atomic bomb dropped on...